{"product_id":"9781408886359","title":"The Tragedy of Liberation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second installment in 'The People's Trilogy', the groundbreaking series from Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author Frank Dik�tter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For anyone who wants to understand the current Beijing regime, this is essential background reading'\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Applebaum \u003cb\u003e'Essential reading for all who want to understand the darkness that lies at the heart of one of the world's most important revolutions' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Dik�tter performs here a tremendous service by making legible the hugely controversial origins of the present Chinese political order' \u003c\/b\u003eTimothy Snyder In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every aspect of Chinese life. In an epic of revolution and violence which draws on newly opened party archives, interviews and memoirs, Frank Dik�tter interweaves the stories of millions of ordinary people with the brutal politics of Mao's court. A gripping account of how people from all walks of life were caught up in a tragedy that sent at least five million civilians to their deaths.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59660669681996,"sku":"9781408886359","price":14.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/4163\/2076\/files\/9781408886359-4986789a5751afc9_front.webp?v=1793378628","url":"https:\/\/foxandfable.com\/products\/9781408886359","provider":"Fox \u0026 Fable","version":"1.0","type":"link"}